gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix Insecure environment expansion in MCP server commands [1 comments, 2 participants]

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google-gemini/gemini-cli#26784Fetched 2026-05-11 03:28:28
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What happened?

MCP server commands are parsed using shell-quote with the full process.env, which might inadvertently expand sensitive environment variables into command arguments.

What did you expect to happen?

Environment expansion should use a sanitized environment specifically prepared for the MCP server.

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OS: linux Date: Sunday, May 10, 2026 Gemini CLI: 0.42.0-nightly

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File: packages/core/src/tools/mcp-client.ts, Line 1032. process.env is passed directly to parse(cmd, process.env).

Severity: Medium Area: area/security

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gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix Insecure environment expansion in MCP server commands [1 comments, 2 participants]